Staff

 

United States:
New Haven | Washington, D.C.

India

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Indonesia

Paraguay

Bolivia

Kenya

Peru

Cape Verde

Liberia

Philippines

Chile

Malawi

Rwanda

Colombia

Mali

Sierra Leone

 

Egypt

Mexico

South Africa

Ethiopia

Mongolia

Uganda

Ghana

Morocco

Yemen

Honduras

Namibia

Zambia
     

United States, New Haven

Finance, Administration & Research Support

John Hughes, Controller

Eleanor Banacowski, Assistant Controller

Patrice Sarna, Assistant Controller

Daiva Latifi, Accountant

Desiree Stewart, Accountant 

Alfredo Perez, Assistant Accountant

Christoph Hanau, Finance Director

Katie Hughes, Grants Administrator

Joann Yi Phelan, Assistant Grants Administrator

Elspeth Montgomery, Assistant Grants Administrator

Nicole Licata Grant, Global Operations and Human Resources Director

Lauri Robbins Ericson, Organizational Development Director

Justin Oliver, Communication and Development Director

Niall Keleher, Director of Research Methods and Training

Hana Freymiller, Survey Coordinator

Matthew White, Data Coordinator

Ife Osaga-Ondondo, General Counsel

Lisa DaigleAssociate, Operations & Legal Support 

Anthony De Luca, Information Technology Director

Kevin Smith, Information Technology Assistant

Mark Galazka, Human Resources Associate

Wendy Lewis, Human Subjects Coordinator

Lisa Carter, Office Manager

Rebecca Hughes, Country Support Director

Kyla Levin-Russell, Senior Project Coordinator

Zahra Niazi, Manager, Researcher Outreach

Michelle McConnaughay, Survey Programmer

Sanjeev Swamy, Survey Programmer

Barbara Bhamra, Project Assistant

 

Projects

Alissa Fishbane, Managing Director, Deworm the World Initiative

Grace Hollister, Project Manager, Deworm the World Initiative

Kelly Bidwell, Initiative Director, Post Conflict Recovery and Fragile States

Bram Thuysbaert, Project Director, Microfinance Sector research

Nicole Mauriello, Manager, Proven Impact

Daniele Lantagne, Global Scale-up and Engineering Director, Safe Water Program

Alexandra Fielden, Policy Coordinator, Safe Water Program

Sarah Green, Research Manager

Elana Safran, Research Manager

Tricia Gonwa, Research Manager

Edgar Salgado-Chavez, Research Assistant

Mathilde Emeriau, Project Coordinator

Rebecca Rouse, Project Coordinator

Katherine Hoffmann, Policy Associate

Benjamin Marx, Senior Project Associate

Brooke Berman, Senior Project Associate

Henriette Hanicotte, Project Associate

Benjamin Morse, Project Associate

Benjamin Langworthy, Project Associate

Ted Barnett, Project Associate

Rohit Naimpally, Project Associate

Angela García Vargas, Project Associate

Andrew Hillis, Project Associate

Brittany Hill, Project Associate

Ceren Baysan, Project Associate

Gautam Nair, Project Associate

Julia Brown, Project Associate

Samuel Arenberg, Project Associate

Tetyana Zelenska, Project Associate

 

United States - Washington D.C.

Nathanael Goldberg, Policy Director

Jeremy Hand, Managing Director, Safe Water Program

Owais Siddiqui, Program Manager, Safe Water Program

Beniamino Savonitto, Project Director, Savings Research

Lucia SanchezInterim Director, Small & Medium Enterprise Initiative

Alexandra Kobishyn, Manager, Partner Outreach

Aaron Dibner-Dunlap, Project Coordinator

Sarah CraigProject Coordinator, Small & Medium Enterprise Initiative

Arielle Salomon, Project Associate

Jessica SynderProject Associate

 

Bangladesh

Amanda Moderson-KoxCountry Director

Alamgir KabirOffice Manager

Guthrie Gray-LobeProject Coordinator, "Taxation and Formalization" & "Investments in Community-Managed Water Bodies"

Mahreen KhanProject Coordinator, "Bolstering Demand for Household Sanitation"

Mehrab AliProject Coordinator, "Taxation and Formalization" & "Investments in Community-Managed Water Bodies

Laura GisbyProject Associate, "Investments in Community-Managed Water Bodies"

Rahin Khandker, Project Associate, “Empowering Girls in Rural Bangladesh”

Thomas Polley, Project Associate, “Courting Safe Behaviors:  Testing Courtyard Based Safe Water and Hygeine” 

Sanam Ispahani, Project Associate, "Cholera Behavior Change"

 

Bolivia

Dylan Ramshaw, Project Associate

 

Cape Verde

Mirian Lima, Project Coordinator, “Impact Evaluation Support and Logistics for Matching Grant Evaluation”

 

Chile

Peter Frerichs, Project Coordinator, "Financial Literacy, Short-run Impatience, and the Determinants of Saving and Financial Management"

 

Colombia

Isabela Echeverry, Project Coordinator

Laura Garcia, Intern

 

Egypt

Matthew Groh, Project Associate, "Can Microfinance Foster Entrepreneurship in Poor Communities? A Randomized Experiment in Egypt"

 

Ethiopia

Felipe Dizon, Project Coordinator, "More sweatshops for Africa?"

Sana Khan, Project Coordinator, "More sweatshops for Africa?"

Nynne Warring, Project Coordinator

Dawit Kebede, Project Associate, "More sweatshops for Africa?"

 

Ghana

Jessica Kiessel, Country Director

Pace Phillips, Deputy Country Director - Accra

Carolina Corral, Deputy Country Director - Tamale

Kwame Abrokwah, Field Manager, Aflatoun

Benjamin Ayim, Accountant

Lukman Mohammed, Accounts Assistant - Tamale

Obed Nii Dhan, Accounts Assistant - Accra

Abigail Amarh-Amartey, Accra Office Manager

Agatha Fokuoh, Tamale Office Manager

Abdul-Salaam Sayuti, Project Manager, "Household Clean Water Technology in Northern Ghana: Valuation, Use and Impact"

Ruth Damten, Project Manager, "Examining Underinvestment in Agriculture: Measuring Returns to Insurance and Capital Among Farmers in Ghana"

Raphael Bandim, Project Manager, "Teacher Community Assistant Initiative"

Jonathan Addie, Project Manager, "Measuring the Value of Secondary Education Through Scholarships in Ghana"

Joyce Jumpah, Project Manager, "Teacher Community Assistant Initiative"

Derick Badger, Project Manager, Culture and Incentives

Abubakari Bukari, Project Manager, "Targeting the Ultra Poor Ghana Evaluation"

Solomon Antumwini, Implementation Manager, "Targeting the Ultra Poor Ghana Evaluation"

Christian Damanka, Project Manager, Aflatoun

Amadu Salifu, Project Manager

Josiah Sunny Umezuruikeh, IT Manager

Marian Koranteng, Data Manager

Maame Araba Nketsiah, National Coordinator, "Teacher Community Assistant Initiative"

Noel Agbenu, Regional Coordinator, "Teacher Community Assistant Initiative"

Albert Akoubila, Regional Coordinator, "Teacher Community Assistant Initiative"

Chrysanthe Ataarem, Regional Coordinator, "Teacher Community Assistant Initiative

Laurence Dessein, Education Support Coordinator"Teacher Community Assistant Initiative"

Elizabeth Naah, Implementation Coordinator "Targeting the Ultra Poor Ghana Evaluation"

Mavis Amponsah, Data Coordinator

Michael P. Goodwin, Project Coordinator,“Culture and Incentives

Ama Blankson-Anaman, Project Coordinator

Lindsey Shaughnessy, Project Associate (Tamale Office), "Examining Underinvestment in Agriculture"

Elizabeth Schultz, Project Associate, "Ghana Health Insurance Education Impact Evaluation"

Elana Cohen-Khani, Project Associate, Culture and Incentives/The Yale-ISSER Panel Survey

Samuel N'tsua, Project Associate, "Teacher Community Assistant Initiative"

Callie Lowenstein, Project Associate, "Teacher Community Assistant Initiative"

Heather Elisabeth Lanthorn, Project Associate, “Preserving ACTS project

Michael Polansky, Project Associate

Justin Archer, Project Associate

 

Indonesia

Jurist Tan, Project Manager

Chaerudin Kodir, Data Entry Manager

Talitha Chairunissa, Project Associate

Stephanie Senna, Project Associate

Kenya

Colin Christensen, Country Director

Karen Levy, Senior Director, Deworm the World Initiative

Carol Nekesa, Deputy Country Director

Daniele Ressler, Operations Manager

Tadeo Muriuki, Project Director, Wash Benefit

Lavender OtienoHuman Resource Manager

Violet Okello, Human Resources Officer

Febrone Atieno, Senior Accountant

William Olaje Ogola, Accountant

Agaustine Oramisi, Book Keeper

Japheth Juma, Book Keeper

Daniel Mayaka, Procurement & Accounts Officer

Janet Nakuti, Administrative Assistant

Esther Nanjero, Administrative Assistant

Catherine Senelwa, Logistics and Administration Officer

Florence Makokha, Receptionist

Fidel Ndai, Data Coordinator

Daniel Aswa, Data Analyst

Gerald Ipapa, Data Officer

Laban Kilui, Technical Advisor, Deworm the World Initiative

Kimberly Siegal, Senior Project Manager, HIV & Education Project & Financial Access Impact Measurement

Thomas Ginn, Project Associate, HIV & Education Project

Shem Omwanda, Assistant Project Manager, HIV & Education Project

Andrew Wabwire, Assistant Project Manager, HIV & Education Project

Paul Obura, Policy Advisor, Safe Water Program & Deworm the World Initiative

Eric Kouskalis, Program Director, Safe Water Program

Peter Mwaura, Program Operations Manager, Safe Water Program

Jessica Vernon, Research and Evaluations Manager, Safe Water Program

Dorcas Masatia, Research and Development Officer, Safe Water Program

Moses Baraza, Area Coordinator, Safe Water Program

John Ikoluot, Area Coordinator, Safe Water Program

Martin Obwoba, Evaluations Officer, Safe Water Program

Lilian Lehman, Global Programs Manager, Safe Water Program

Herbert Kisara, Administrative Officer, Safe Water Program

Martin Ochieng, Senior Field Associate, Kenya

Celine Gratador, Project Coordinator, Promoter Monitoring and Incentives Project

Renaud Lapeyre, Project Coordinator, Community Financed Dispenser Project

Holly Dentz, Project Coordinator, WASH-Benefits Project

Garret Christensen, Consultant, WASH-Benefits Project

Michael Sanderson, Water Quality Technician / Hardware Design Manager, WASH-Benefits Project

Grace Makana, Project Manager, WASH-Benefits Project

Moses Wakhulunya, Project Manager, WASH-Benefits Project

Ronald Omondi, Project Manager, WASH-Benefits Project

Blastus Bwire, Project Manager, Kenya Life Panel Survey & Vocational Education Project

Miles Kirby,Project Coordinator, WASH-Benefits Project

Bernad Onyango, Assistant Project Manager, Kenya Life Panel Survey & Vocational Education Project

Esther Yusto, Assistant Project Manager, Kenya Life Panel Survey & Vocational Education Project

Suleiman Asman, Head Project Coordinator, Multiple Use Water Systems Project

Anne KaringProject Coordinator, Kenya Life Panel Survey & Vocational Education Project

Paula VincheryProject Coordinator, Kenya Life Panel Survey & Vocational Education Project

Michael Vaisben, Project Coordinator, Dispenser Choice Evaluation

Christopher Odell,Project Coordinator, Deworm the World Initiative

Anthony Wainaina, Project Associate, Multiple Use Water Systems Project

Anthony Karanja, Project Associate, Multiple Use Water Systems Project

Chrispinus Musungu, Assistant Project Manager, Fertilizer Project

Moses Wanyonyi, Project Manager, Mumias Sugar Scanning Project

Gretchen CarriganProject Coordinator, Mumias Information Welfare and Advances

Seiki Tanaka, Project Coordinator

Celestinus Khaemba, Assistant Project Manager, Mumias Information Welfare and Advances

Marie Collins, Project Associate, Urban Micro-Insurance Project

Sreelakshmi Papineni, Project Associate

Amos Odero, Research Associate, Urban Micro-Insurance Project

Joseph Njoroge, Project Manager, Urban Micro-Insurance Project

Benedetta Mwongeli, Assistant Project Manager, Urban Micro-Insurance Project

Sierra Visher, Project Coordinator, Deworm the World Initiative

Faizan Diwan, Project Associate, UCT

Joshua Palfreman, Project Associate

Helen Czapary, Project Associate

Kristianna Post, Project Associate

Geetha Mathews, Project Associate

Hwee Boon Goh, Project Associate

Liberia

Philip Blue, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Transformation of Youth in Liberia

Colombine Peze-Heidsieck, Project Associate

Prince Williams, Qualitative Researcher

Yuequan Guo, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Transformation of Youth

Colombine Peze-Heidsieck, Project Associate, Sustainable Transformation of Youth

Isaac Doles, Procurement and Physical Plant Assistant

Geraldine Donald, Human Resources Assistant

Benjamin Freeman, Finance Assistant

Mavolo Dennis, Cashier

 

 

Malawi

Dominik Bulla, Country Director

Sidney Brown, Project Manager

Manuela Bucciarelli, Project Associate, "Evaluating the Impact of Village Savings and Loan Associations in Malawi"

Thomas Coen, Project Associate, "Making Networks Work: Evidence from Agricultural Technology Adoption in Malawi"

Clara Hoepler, Project Associate

Michael A. Roscitt, Project Associate, “Evaluation of the Impact of Access to Savings”  

Rumbidzai Francisca Chin’anga, Project Associate, “Transaction Costs of Savings” 

 

Mali

Loic Watine, Country Director

Amadou Diallo, Program Manager

Oumou Bouaré, Office Manager

Lacina Traoré, Data Analysis Manager

Hamadoun Bocoum, Survey/Logistics Manager

 Pierrick Judeaux, Project Coordinator

Gabriel Lawin, Project Coordinator

Sarah Custer, Project Associate, "Saving for Change"

Camille Boudot-Reddy, Project Associate

 

Mexico

Braulio Torres, Country Director

Emilio Chavez, Research Manager

Eder Gonzales, Project Assistant

Irene Velez, Project Associate, "Impact of Microcredit for Women in Mexico"

Pablo Anton, Project Associate, "Financial Literacy Program"

Alejandra Rogel, Project Associate, "Impact of Slum Housing Upgrades on Health"

Edith Felix, Project Associate 

Claudia Elizondo, Office manager

 

Mongolia

Richard Sawyer, Country Director

Katherine Nolan, Project Associate

Ken Lee, Project Associate

 

Morocco

Florencia Devoto, Country Director

Fatima El Kadiri, Deputy Country Director

Arnaud Phillipe, Project Associate, "Enterprise Support"

Claire Bernard, Project Associate

Victor Pouliquen, Project Associate

Cecile D'Andon, Project Associate

Gabriel Kreindler, Project Associate

 

Namibia

Elizabeth Ludwig, Project Associate, "Community Rangeland Management"

 

Pakistan

Lalchand Luhana, Project Coordinator, "Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP)"

 

Paraguay

Juan Manuel Hernández-Agramonte, Project Associate, "Big Math (Paraguay)"

 

Peru

Adam Kemmis Betty, Country Director

Miguel Paredes, Assistant Country Director

Marcelo Norsworthy, Project Associate

Hannah Trachtman, Project Associate

Karl Baumgarten, Project Associate

 

Philippines

Faith McCollister, Country Director

Megan McGuire, Deputy Country Director

Christina Masalonga, Finance and Administration Officer

Ernest Palcon, Jr., Finance Assistant

Cherilyn Gernale, Human Resources Assistant

Mark Miller, Project Coordinator, "Targeting the Poor: Testing Strategies for Enrolling Poor Households in the Philippines", "Debt Traps", "Impact of Microcredit and Interest Rate Sensitivity"

Sukhmani SethiProject Coordinator, "Kalahi-CIDDS Community Driven Development"

Ann Mayuga, Southern Philippines Regional Manager and Project Associate, "Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines", "Framing and Timing of SMS Loan Repayment Reminders", "Informative Advertising and Spillovers"

Bridgit Cuevas, Data Entry Supervisor

Rema Romueldez, Survey Supervisor

Else van Schijndel, Project Assistant, "SME Returns to Consulting"

Peter SroujiProject Associate, “Agricultural Micro-Insurance Project”

Jing Tuasan, Field Coordinator, "Agricultural Micro-Insurance Project"

Charlemagne Losaria, Project Assistant, "Agricultural Micro-Insurance Project"

Jorge Avalos, Project Associate, "Informative Advertising and Spillovers"

Courtney Han, Project Associate, "The Impact of Mobile Banking"

Wanda Casten, Project Associate, "The Impact of Mobile Banking"

Sarah Oberst, Project Associate, "Impact of Microcredit and Interest Rate Sensitivity"

Jose Marie Gonzalez, Senior Project Assistant, "Sorsogon Work Access Project: Facilitating Migration"

Joseph Bausa, Project Assistant, "Sorsogon Work Access Project: Facilitating Migration"

Joseph John J Perez, Project Assistant, "Sorsogon Work Access Project: Facilitating Migration"

Kristina Galvez, Project Assistant, "Impact of Microcredit and Interest Rate Sensitivity"

Jeofrey Maranion, Project Assistant, "Impact of Microcredit and Interest Rate Sensitivity"

Joan Sanguyo, Project Assistant, "Impact of Microcredit and Interest Rate Sensitivity"

Bernie Seville, Project Assistant, "Impact of Microcredit and Interest Rate Sensitivity"

Jake Tolentino, Project Assistant, “Stress Biomarkers”

Allan Lalisan, Project Assistant, “"Kalahi-CIDDS Community Driven Development"

 

Rwanda

Celine Harion, Project Associate

Emmanuel Bakirdjian Project Associate

 

Sierra Leone

Abebual Zerihun Demilew, Country Director

Josh McCann, Project Coordinator

Ambrose KobiFinance Manager

Cordelia Pratt, Office Manager

Alex ContehSr Office Assistant

James LebbieOffice Assistant

Abdulai KondehResearch Associate

Tom BanguraResearch Associate

Anthony MansarayResearch Associate

Fatoma MomohResearch Associate   

Fatu ContehResearch Associate

Amara KallonResearch Associate

Sarah Dykstra, Project Associate

Jessica CreightonProject Associate, “Community Reconciliation

Ali AhmedProject Associate

Derick BowenProject Associate

Grant Martyn Bridgman, Project Associate

Allyson Barnett, Project Associate

Salia Kpaka, Project Associate

Evan Green-Lowe, Project Associate

Samantha Zalvidar Chimal, Project Associate

South Africa

Luke Crowley, Project Director

Simon Martin Abel, Research Assistant

 

Tanzania

Elizabeth Chao, Project Associate

 

Uganda

Doug Parkerson, Country Director

Tom Pellens, Deputy Country Director

Emily Erin CupitoProject Coordinator, “Evaluating the Impact of Village Savings and Loans Associations in Uganda"

Hugo Hotte, Governance Project Coordinator

Sarah Kabay, Project Associate, "Smoothing the Cost of Education: Micro-Savings in Primary Schools"

Brian Swartz, Project Associate, "Impact of Rainwater Storage Devices"

Filder Aryemo, Project Consultant, "Evaluating the Impact of the Women's Income Generating Support (WINGS) Program", "Youth Opportunities in Northern Uganda"

Daniel Katz, Project Associate, "Starting a Lifetime of Savings", "Savings Mobilization Research", "Rural Information Dissemination and Data Collection Strategies in Uganda"

Alexander Segura, Project Associate, "Youth Opportunities in Northern Uganda"

Phoebe Clarke, Project Associate

Trina Gorman, Project Associate

Catlan Reardon, Project Associate

Adam Alagiah, Project Associate

Natalie Greene, Project Associate

Megan Kearns, Project Associate

Ellen MoscoeProject Associate

Mary Langan, Project Associate

Alina Xu, Project Associate

Yemen

Matthew Lowes, Project Associate, "Ultra Poor Graduation Pilot"

 

Zambia

Casey Levine Beard,  Acting Country Director

Madeleen Husselman, Project Coordinator

Jessica Pettit, Project Coordinator

Jonathan Green, Project Coordinator

Mardieh Dennis, Project Associate

Chibuye Nyendwa, Accounts Associate

Ernest Mundia, Data/IT Supervisor

Grace Msichili, Research Manager

Annika Rigole, Project Associate

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